Weird Word Wall by Mr. Smith https://padlet.com/mrsmith21cccs/pzxma2dsqfx5 A place to post new vocabulary and interesting toponyms for the benefit of the class en-us 2017-08-20 14:20:34 UTC 2026-03-24 13:20:35 UTC hello@padlet.com Isohyet mrsmith21cccs https://padlet.com/mrsmith21cccs/pzxma2dsqfx5/wish/181970996 noun [meteorology] 
  1. a line on a map connecting points having the same amount of rainfall in a given period.

Mr. Smith encountered this interesting term during a summer seminar. He found it so interesting, he asked the instructor to repeat it, define it, and use it in context.
]]> 2017-08-21 22:48:24 UTC https://padlet.com/mrsmith21cccs/pzxma2dsqfx5/wish/181970996 ossify https://padlet.com/mrsmith21cccs/pzxma2dsqfx5/wish/183135671 verb
  1. turn into bone or bony tissue.
  2. cease developing; be stagnant or rigid.
]]> 2017-08-28 14:59:31 UTC https://padlet.com/mrsmith21cccs/pzxma2dsqfx5/wish/183135671 Scrupulous https://padlet.com/mrsmith21cccs/pzxma2dsqfx5/wish/187150334 adjective
   1. having more integrity: acting in strict regard for for what is considered right or proper.
   2. punctiliously exact: painstaking

From the Latin noun scrupus- originally a sharp stone; it came to mean principled and now is used to mean careful. ]]> 2017-09-13 13:17:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mrsmith21cccs/pzxma2dsqfx5/wish/187150334 Cultural Appropriation https://padlet.com/mrsmith21cccs/pzxma2dsqfx5/wish/203084669 1. dealing with the adoption of the elements of one culture by members of another culture. 
2. sometimes portrayed as harmful and is claimed to be a violation of the collective intellectual property rights of the originating culture.]]> 2017-11-02 19:07:29 UTC https://padlet.com/mrsmith21cccs/pzxma2dsqfx5/wish/203084669 Oligopoly https://padlet.com/mrsmith21cccs/pzxma2dsqfx5/wish/236996245 noun
a state of limited competition, in which a market is shared by a small number of producers or sellers]]> 2018-03-01 16:10:28 UTC https://padlet.com/mrsmith21cccs/pzxma2dsqfx5/wish/236996245